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Ok, it's not even January yet, and I can't wait to get back on the roof for some more projects.
I have decided to build a T-180.
Everyone keeps talking about the T-90 and how well it works, so I am going to try and do one just a little bit bigger and hopefully a little better.
I am supposed to be getting this dish and mount right after the first of the year.
Edit: Ooops! Wrong pictures:
Fortunately, the arm will unbolt right at the bottom of the dish, so I can bring it and the mount into the warehouse to start work during the Winter months.
The dish is almost double the size of the T-90, so a little reverse engineering with measurements from some of you who already have the T-90s, and I think I can put one together and make it work.
If I can, it should give me ample room for LNBs every two degrees all the way across the arc. For me that would be probably 72W to 148W. If it would bring in all those, that would be great.
Might even be able to throw on a C/Ku combo in a couple of places.
So what do you think?
Is this doable?
Or am just having a grand pipe dream in the middle of Winter with 3-4" of snow in the forecast?
Fred
I have decided to build a T-180.
Everyone keeps talking about the T-90 and how well it works, so I am going to try and do one just a little bit bigger and hopefully a little better.
I am supposed to be getting this dish and mount right after the first of the year.
Edit: Ooops! Wrong pictures:
Fortunately, the arm will unbolt right at the bottom of the dish, so I can bring it and the mount into the warehouse to start work during the Winter months.
The dish is almost double the size of the T-90, so a little reverse engineering with measurements from some of you who already have the T-90s, and I think I can put one together and make it work.
If I can, it should give me ample room for LNBs every two degrees all the way across the arc. For me that would be probably 72W to 148W. If it would bring in all those, that would be great.
Might even be able to throw on a C/Ku combo in a couple of places.
So what do you think?
Is this doable?
Or am just having a grand pipe dream in the middle of Winter with 3-4" of snow in the forecast?
Fred
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Thanks Tron,
From the pictures, it is hard to tell what the true shape is, at least for these aging eyes.
Fred,
If you are really serious in persuing with this project, I have a spare T-90 in the garage not in use ( only thing missing are the lnb holders and the mount). Be happy to let you borrow it as long as I get it back I'm not sure when I am going to put it up but it wont be until atleast march.
You could always make a sadoun run and pick it up
I'm 5 min away
Just a thought
Scott
If you are really serious in persuing with this project, I have a spare T-90 in the garage not in use ( only thing missing are the lnb holders and the mount). Be happy to let you borrow it as long as I get it back
I'm not sure when I am going to put it up but it wont be until atleast march. You could always make a sadoun run and pick it up
I'm 5 min away
Just a thought
Scott
Hey thanks Scott,
I appreciate the thought, but a 5 min run for you would be a 15 hour run for me.
Besides, I might like it and then I would have to buy one. Perish the thought!
Who knows, I might end up buying one before the summer is over anyway, and give this setup to the family for their tv.
The T-90 concept is certainly intriguing to me.
With my current setup, I can switch from White Springs, to G10, to 97W, to 91W C-Band, to 87W, to 30W, and check out what's on without ever having to move the Birdview because most of the time it is left at 91W on the C-Band side.
It is very nice not having to wait on moving the dish. It will be great to have all of Ku on switches.
Then I might have to put up some stationary C-Band dishes to expand the switch idea.
I only have 5 more BUDS in the warehouse that I could put up.
Surely I would be able to tune them in on individual satellites for satisfactory signal quality to suit me.
I appreciate the thought, but a 5 min run for you would be a 15 hour run for me.
Besides, I might like it and then I would have to buy one. Perish the thought!
Who knows, I might end up buying one before the summer is over anyway, and give this setup to the family for their tv.
The T-90 concept is certainly intriguing to me.
With my current setup, I can switch from White Springs, to G10, to 97W, to 91W C-Band, to 87W, to 30W, and check out what's on without ever having to move the Birdview because most of the time it is left at 91W on the C-Band side.
It is very nice not having to wait on moving the dish. It will be great to have all of Ku on switches.
Then I might have to put up some stationary C-Band dishes to expand the switch idea.
I only have 5 more BUDS in the warehouse that I could put up.
Surely I would be able to tune them in on individual satellites for satisfactory signal quality to suit me.
Netbuilder has 110W, 119W, and 148W, with G10R 123º at the focal point, on a DirecWay Dish of 39X23 inches.
Based on what I've read, that size dish will get ya something linear at the center of the focus, but it's not optimal.
However, the circular birds are receivable on 18-20" dishes, so even way off center on a 39x23, they're still gettin' plenty.
It's confusing and misleading to mix circular satellite locations with linear ones, when bragging how far a span one can get on a dish.
If you have a subscription or just want to see what's FTE, I'd think 119º would be easy, and probably 110º.
Not so sure about 148º, but based on recent reports, I'd give ya odds.
Hey Anole,
Maybe put 129W as the center and go that route. That's 20 degrees to the West for a Circular, 7 degrees East for a Linear (G10) which has pretty good signal now. and a total 20 degrees for two Circulars on the East side.
I think I can get 148 tuned in all on the same dish. There isn't much there, but it doesn't hurt to have access. Be prepared is my motto. (Maybe that was the Boy Scouts) Hmmm!
I can see now that I am going to have to start looking for some extremely inexpensive standard Linear LNBFs.
That's for sure!
I don't know either, but it won't hurt to try.
Maybe put 129W as the center and go that route. That's 20 degrees to the West for a Circular, 7 degrees East for a Linear (G10) which has pretty good signal now. and a total 20 degrees for two Circulars on the East side.
I think I can get 148 tuned in all on the same dish. There isn't much there, but it doesn't hurt to have access. Be prepared is my motto. (Maybe that was the Boy Scouts) Hmmm!
I can see now that I am going to have to start looking for some extremely inexpensive standard Linear LNBFs.
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Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
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So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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For quite a while now, people with a VIP211k have been losing their recordings on their activated external HDDs... even when there's nothing physically wrong with HDD. I believe this is an intentional and underhanded tactic that Dish is pulling in an attempt to force users away from the VIP211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
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For some reason, the satelliteguys.us site is loading a lot slower than usual on both Chrome on my Asus laptop and Safari on my iPhone.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
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Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
WTF… …What the Foxbat!Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
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wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming youWTF… …What the Foxbat!
I know. Here's what Scott has in store for me if I get out of line:wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming you
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OMG to freaking funny
You're no fun.
I thought I would come here and find lots of complaints about the update to the dish anywhere mobile app, but am not seeing any. It used to look just like the desktop webpage. Now you can no longer filter by sports channels or movie channels. Plus that they made it look like a big button telephone and you see fewer channels in the screen which requires more scrolling. Yes I realize you can look at sports then select which sport you want to look at, I just liked being able to see all sporting events in the guide with all other channels being filtered out. Am I alone in the wilderness on this?
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Apple has finally released their Apple TV 4K with built-in Siri and a microphone so it can respond to your queries even if you don't have the remote. It also increases in price, to $299. I had been planning on updating my current Apple TV 4K streamers, but that's $600 for the two of them, and that's a pass at this point.
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
Apple TV 4K
Apple TV 4K. New Siri AI and hands-free control. Stunning picture and immersive HomePod surround sound. Works with your Apple and smart home devices.
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. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
they all do that anyways.. ever notice your cell phone slows down when you come up for an upgrade..
. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
You should have looked in the APP STORE instead.
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Several Dish offers showed up today in my account. Once you choose one the rest are removed. Offers were Showtime, Starz, AMC and others.
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Not for me, mines has no mention of how long aka the offer period and the Terms and conditions the $0.00 is good for. All I see is one can lose $5.00 if you decide to remove it before day 31 after you add it to the account.
You have a different offer that is free for a shorter timeframe which is different than the one that I and bnewt saw without defining the promotion period as I sent the question to DISH Care via Facebook Messenger and this is the response I got back 20 minutes ago.
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